Description
Fluffy old-fashioned pancakes bring nostalgic comfort straight from grandma’s kitchen, delivering golden-brown perfection with simple ingredients. Home cooks will savor these classic breakfast favorites that dance between crisp edges and tender centers.
Ingredients
Scale
Dry Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups (190 grams) all-purpose flour
- 3 1/2 teaspoons (17.5 grams) baking powder
- 1 tablespoon (12.5 grams) white sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon (1.5 grams) salt
Wet Ingredients:
- 1 1/4 cups (296 milliliters) milk
- 3 tablespoons (45 milliliters) butter, melted
- 1 large egg
Instructions
- Whisk flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt together in a spacious mixing vessel to evenly distribute dry ingredients.
- Form a central depression in the powdery mixture, creating a smooth crater-like indentation.
- Separately blend milk, melted butter, and egg until uniformly integrated.
- Gently cascade wet ingredients into the dry ingredient well, stirring minimally to prevent dense, tough pancakes.
- Allow batter to rest approximately 5 minutes, enabling gluten relaxation and enhancing pancake tenderness.
- Warm a lightly oiled griddle to medium heat (around 375°F), ensuring consistent temperature for uniform cooking.
- Ladle approximately 1/4 cup batter per pancake, watching for emerging surface bubbles and slightly firming edges as indicators of readiness.
- Execute a precise flip once bubbles populate the surface, cooking additional 1-2 minutes until achieving a golden-brown complexion.
- Transfer immediately to serving plates, accompanying with preferred embellishments like maple syrup, fresh berries, whipped cream, or classic butter.
Notes
- Ensure ingredients are at room temperature for smoother mixing and better pancake texture.
- Use a light hand when stirring batter to prevent tough, dense pancakes; lumps are perfectly okay.
- Swap all-purpose flour with whole wheat or gluten-free alternatives for different dietary needs.
- Rest batter for maximum fluffiness, allowing flour to absorb liquid and gluten to relax.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 280 kcal
- Sugar: 5 g
- Sodium: 420 mg
- Fat: 11 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0.3 g
- Carbohydrates: 38 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 7 g
- Cholesterol: 70 mg